Yesterday was the "election" for the Constituent Assembly. If you wonder why did I put it in quotes, the Opposition boycotted the process and pro-government candidates were the only ones on the ballot. Plus, there is no reliable way to see if the vote was fair, or how many voted (Government and Opposition figures are widly different).

And why did the Opposition boycott? Well, the last time this was done, by Chávez on 1999, he did a referendum before starting the process, asking if the people wanted to reform the Constitution. Maduro simply skipped that step, and went straight to nominating candidates, without consulting the legislature (which is mostly symbolic at this point). It is obvious this is a way for Maduro to give more powers to himself while dissolving the National Assembly.

Now, we'll have two rival legislatures (the Assembly has already said it will disregard the vote). Things can only get worse from here.

Source: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-40772531